- In the late 1980s, The News in Adelaide - Rupert Murdoch's first newspaper - became the last major newspaper in Australia to move from ancient clackety typewriters to computers. Was it the dawn of a brave new world or the beginning of the end?
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The birthplace of News Corporation, The News was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1869 as the Evening Journal, The Advertiser, controlled by the Herald and Weekly Times, took a controling stake in 1933. In 1949, HWT sold off The News: Two years later, Sir Keith Murdoch took control of the paper and bequeathed it to his son Rupert upon his death. The News was Rupert's first media interest and laid the foundation of what was to become News Limited and later the international media conglomerate, News Corporation. When Murdoch acquired Adelaide's morning newspaper in 1987, he sold The News that year. The News printed its last edition on Friday, March 27, 1992.
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Australia’s first woman sports editor Marg Ralston remembers writing the final back page of The News with vivid clarity.
“It doesn't seem like 20 years since I wrote the final chapter on the back page of The News (RIP),” recalls Marg, whose active career since includes stints in politics and public relations as well as collecting an AM for her outstanding services to sports.
“It was a sad and traumatic day. Good friends were lamenting the fate that had befallen them and trying to contemplate what the future held for them and their families. Security personnel were trying to be sympathetic while at the same time moving staff towards the door.
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The video below is the first quarter of a one-hour report about that change and the people it affected.
The next three videos follow below - just press Read More.
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After two decades of neglect, the wicked Wood Ducks return in their full glory for a final swansong at The News 20-Year Reunion on April 21, 2012.
Dubbed the Eternal Wood Ducks, these awe-inspiring awards will acknowledge the auspicious achievements of three alumni of that academy of amazing altruism and alcoholic annihilation - The News.
Just three Wood Ducks will be presented at The News 20-Year Reunion – one to the most shocking sheila, one to the most probing bloke while the glittering Golden Wood Duck will recognise the Best Nose for News - from the days before the error (sic) of phone hacking!
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Two decades after printing its last edition, The News - the newspaper that started Rupert Murdoch's global media empire - will again make a stir on the streets of Adelaide with The News 20-Year Reunion. The party starts at 3pm on Saturday, April 21, at the Strathmore Hotel (where else?) on North Terrace. Check the story below Stonie's cartoon for RVSP details.
Photos and the guys - and Janine Young - who took them were one of the things that made The News a great, readable newspaper. If you have any pix to add to this page, just email to John Harris at jharris@impress.com.au.
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